An Education Bill – SB 1 – This needs to be looked at! This bill may be the intended fix for Common Core, or it may just make things worse. It is quite lengthy.

Constitutional Carry – SB 7 – TBK Supports – This legislation permits you to conceal carry without a conceal carry permit in the state. It does not abolish conceal carry permits due to reciprocity we have with other states.

Firearms Freedom Act – HB 108 – TBK Supports. This isa 10th Amendment bill, the basic concept is if firearms or parts are produced and sold in KY they are not subject to Federal Regulations.

No Public Funds for Abortion – HB 149 & SB 8 – TBK Supports – Taxpayer Money should not go to something any segment of society finds morally abhorrent. This is precisely the reason why government and taxation should be limited.

Charter Schools – HB 103 – TBK Supports the concept, but we want to review this before a final decision is made.

End Straight Party Voting – HB 157 – Enacting this bill will actually require citizens to think and evaluate each candidate at the voting booth. This is a bill that will likely receive full support from TBK once we have met this month and discussed it.

No Budget, No Special Pay – HB 34 – TBK Supports – If legislators can’t pass a budget, then they don’t get paid if a special session has to be called to pass a budget.

No Foreign Law – HB 40 – TBK Supports – This will keep Sharia, UN, or any other foreign law from being permitted in Kentucky that violates the State of Federal Constitutions. When you think about it, its sad a bill like this is necessary.

Religious and Political Free Speech in Schools – SB 17 – TBK Supports – This will prevent school officials from censoring or regulating the speech of students at public and post secondary education institutions as well as endorsing or favoring a view point.

Pastoral Counseling Licensure – SB 97 – No official stance by TBK as this is a new bill but will probably oppose

Child Abuse Registry – HB 47 – No official stance by TBK as this is a new bill, while it sounds good on the surface, we have come to realize a lot of these well intended bills have a lot of sticky points that should be explored.

Midwifery – SB 105 & HB 148 – TBK Supports; however, there has been much discussion on the matter. We may revisit it at the next meeting.

Felony Expungement – SB 16 – This may be a positive tweak on the Expungment bill that passed last year, but it should be reviewed.

Not all bills have been filed yet, and not all the ones filed have had a review by us yet. Considering the new make up of the Legislature, we imagine our attention will focus differently than it has in years past anyway. We expect a lot of new things to be filed this session, so get ready for some new topic and alerts as well.

One Response to “2017 Legislation to Follow, So Far…”

Hello,
I happened to access this page after a colleague brought it to my attention. This particular bill accomplished three things: 1) It defines pastoral counseling because so few people are familiar with it as a discipline; 2) It provides for an equivalent course of study (because seminaries rarely offer 90 credit degrees anymore); It protects the citizens of the Commonwealth of KY from those who might advertise themselves as offering pastoral counseling without a license as required by the State.
Please note: this bill applies only to mental health counselors who off pastoral counseling and protects members of the clergy who offer pastoral care and counseling to members of their congregations and are exempt from licensure requirements.
Feel free to contact me if there are any questions or concerns.
Peace,
Elizabeth Reda Milazzotto, D. Min.,
Chair, Licensure Board for Pastoral Counselors.